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Sanders warns GOP midterm win would pull US ‘far, far, far to the right’

Jake Johnson — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 14:30:46 +0000

In his latest call for urgent voter turnout efforts, Sen. Bernie Sanders warned Monday that Republicans are planning to drag U.S. politics significantly further to the right if they take control of Congress in next month’s midterms, pointing to their ongoing assault on democracy, support for tax cuts for the ultra-rich, and push for cuts to key […]

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Poor hit hardest as ‘maternity care deserts’ grow across US

Julia Conley — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 13:13:44 +0000

A new study released Tuesday reveals that more than a third of U.S. counties are now considered “maternity care deserts,” without any obstetric healthcare providers, hospitals, or birth centers—and states with proposed or current abortion bans are especially likely to have few resources for pregnant people. March of Dimes, which advocates for the health of […]

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State abortion bans are preventing cancer patients from getting chemotherapy

Shefali Luthra — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 13:00:32 +0000

A six-week abortion ban in Ohio has forced people with cancer to travel out of state for abortions that are necessary to continue with life-saving treatment, according to affidavits submitted by abortion providers in the state. In at least two cases, cancer patients have been blocked from receiving treatment until their pregnancies were terminated — and getting […]

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It’s been almost 100 days since Dobbs—what has changed?

Errin Haines — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 13:00:53 +0000

Sunday marks 100 days since the Supreme Court’s seismic decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case, ending a nearly 50-year precedent of federal protections for abortion access in America established by the court’s 1973 decision in the Roe v. Wade case. In the months that have followed, what can be described only […]

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Republicans are getting what they asked for on abortion, and regretting it

Joan McCarter — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 18:00:01 +0000

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to end federal abortion protections secured half a century ago under Roe v. Wade continues to flummox Republicans who finally got what they wished for. After decades of running for elections promising precisely this—an end to legal abortion—Republicans are desperately trying to rewrite that history, pretend like the Supreme Court didn’t […]

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New near-total abortions bans are taking effect in four states this week

Shefali Luthra — Fri, 26 Aug 2022 13:00:49 +0000

Idaho, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas will begin enforcing near-total abortion bans Thursday, and a ban in a fifth state — North Dakota — was blocked by a judge the day before it was set to go into effect Friday. So as of this week, 11 states will have outlawed abortion in almost all instances. Abortions […]

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